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A three-year analysis of 1.3 million UK students’ results found that three quarters of young people had been given predictions that overestimated their results. Research from the University and College Union (UCU) suggests that only 16 per cent of A-level students achieve the grades predicted ...

Following a vote from pupils and parents, Inverlochy Primary in Fort William has scrapped homework for its 175 students. Around 60 per cent of parents and 80 per cent of students voted to scrap homework, feeling that the benefits of such work were minimal and sought only to add extra stress and ...

Head teachers of every state school in West Sussex have written to Prime Minister Theresa May to warn that they may be forced to lay off staff, stop teaching certain subjects or reduce their school hours because of a lack of funding. In the letter they say that £20m is needed in emergency ...

The government has indicated that it plans to increase university tuition fees above £9,500 for all students, as new rankings for teaching quality are set to be introduced. Students beginning university in the autumn of 2018 will face the higher fees, which the government says is dependent on ...

This year’s wave of GCSE results brings with it a significant drop in results, as the proportion of students awarded A* to C grades has dropped by a record 2.1 per cent compared to last year. It now stands at 66.9%, with the number of people gaining a C grade or above in English especially […]

This year’s A-level results have shown a slight drop in top grades awarded to students, but a record number have won a place at university, UCAS has revealed. The pass rate remained the same as last year, at 98.1 per cent, while there was a 0.1 per cent fall in the proportion of A* and […]

Approximately 86 per cent of English schools and academies have been ranked as being good or outstanding by Ofsted, a 2 per cent rise on the same figures last August. There were fewer secondary schools with this ranking (76 per cent) than primary schools, of which 87 per cent had been ranked in ...

A parent has refused to pay a fine for taking his child on holiday during term-time, which is causing debates over the law regarding term-time holidays. Jon Platt took his daughter out of school during term-time to go on a holiday, and was fined £60 as a result. He proceeded to not pay this ...

Ten UK universities are in the Times Higher Education (THE) world reputation ranking’s top 100, but many of these have fallen down the rankings compared to one year ago. Cambridge fell two places to fourth, while Oxford also fell two places to 5th, compared to their 2015 rankings. Harvard ...

The head of Ofsted, Sir Michael Wilshaw, has issued a warning that in some independent faith schools, teachers are being segregated based on their gender. In Rabia Boys’ and Girls’ School, in Luton, Ofsted inspectors were concerned to find that the teachers were being separated ...

Teachers have warned that inconsistent and harsh marking is deterring students from studying languages for their GCSEs and A-levels. This comes as more new GCSEs are set to be introduced in September, which are deemed as being more rigorous, and therefore more likely to put students off as they ...

Research has indicated that graduates who come from wealthy families will earn substantially more money throughout their career than those who come from less well-off families, even when studying the same course at the same university. 260,000 graduates in England were part of the study, which ...

Teachers have called for more to be done at single-sex schools to accommodate for transgender students coming out, after claims that “schools are ill-prepared”. The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) is meeting to discuss what more can be done to improve training for such ...

A recent survey by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) saw 93 per cent of headteachers, deputies and assistants respond saying that new government plans to turn all schools into academies are “inappropriate”. Earlier in March, Chancellor George Osborne revealed plans for all ...

Children in schools across the UK are receiving a Micro:bit – a programmable microcomputer – from the BBC, in an attempt to boost the number of children learning coding. Every student in Year 7 in the UK should receive one of the small, cheap computers over the coming few weeks, ...

Teachers at English sixth form colleges are striking today over funding cuts, after the High Court yesterday rejected the government’s claim that the strike is illegal. The government tried to prevent the strikes from going ahead at the last minute by arguing it was unlawful, saying it ...

Fewer than half of the new GCSE and A-level specifications – which English schools will begin teaching in September – have been officially approved, it has been revealed. Ofqual has provided figures regarding the courses, which show that out of 156, just 66 have received official ...

A ban on tackling in rugby matches at schools in the UK and Ireland has been called for by more than 70 doctors and academics in an open letter to ministers, due to fears over the severity of injuries sustained. The letter says: “The majority of all injuries occur during contact or ...

A new scheme which helps former servicemen and women to qualify as teachers has seen just 28 people qualify so far. Known as the Troops to Teachers scheme, it costs the government £4.3m , and began in 2014, in the hopes of helping introduce stricter discipline in schools and also to deal with ...

Jo Johnson, the Universities Minister, has said that more working class white males need to be recruited onto university courses in England, with new rules being introduced. According to official statistics, very few white males from poor backgrounds go on to higher education, and drop-out ...

Approximately 350 foreign students have been told to leave the UK by the end of March, after their private college lost its licence. The Home Office confirmed that the London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) is no longer allowed to recruit and teach non-EU pupils, reportedly due to issues ...

A survey by the ATL teachers union has indicated that four out of 10 teachers has experienced violence from pupils in the last year. 1,250 staff from England, Northern Ireland and Wales were part of the research, with 77 per cent of them claiming to have been either shoved or pushed. Nine out ...

The current system for producing school league tables, which judges schools on their raw GCSE results, is in its final year, with schools set to be judged on results across eight subjects instead, a change that many headteachers have welcomed. From next year onwards, school performances will be ...

A poll has found that many parents in the UK claim it is easier to encourage their children to do their homework, have a bath or go to sleep, than it is to encourage them to stop using their TV, laptop or phone. Action for Children, a charity, discovered that 23.1 per cent of parents […]

According to annual entry figures from Ucas, women are 35 per cent more likely to go to university than men are. This represents the widest ever gap between the number of male and female students attending university, and for overall student numbers, a record high of 532,300 students started ...

There were more than 90,000 grade changes to GCSE and A-level exam results this summer, after scores were challenged, the highest number on record and a rise of 17 per cent on 2014. There were also a staggering 572,350 queries made over grades, an increase of 27 per cent from last year. The ...

A former head teacher, Peter Tait, has warned that schools are letting young people down by focusing more on academic success and ignoring mental health issues they face, with more and more young people reporting mental health issues. Mr Tait, formerly of Sherborne Preparatory School in Dorset, ...

The government intends to change the way student loans are repaid, which could result in people who took their loan out after 2012 paying back a higher amount of their wage than they expected. The minimum annual salary you must earn before paying back your loan will be frozen at £21,000. ...

A study suggests that children who eat a healthy breakfast are more likely to perform well in their assessments at the end of primary school. Researchers from Cardiff University conducted the study, which asked 5,000 children (aged nine to 11 years) from more than 100 Welsh primary schools, ...

If universities are able to demonstrate high quality teaching at their establishments, they will be allowed to raise their tuition fees with the rise of inflation, the universities minister Jo Johnson, has proposed. This was announced as part of a plan to improve teaching standards at ...

A think tank has claimed that the sharp decrease in the number of part-time students at universities in England is having a negative impact on the economy, as well as limiting social mobility. According to the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), changes made to student funding from 2012 ...

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that university application forms will not have candidates’ names on them from 2017, in a plan to prevent unconscious bias against applicants from minority groups. The new scheme, to be launched by UCAS in 2017, will replace candidates’ ...

Schools have been urged to take sexist undertones more seriously, and prevent students from becoming pigeonholed by their gender. Interviews into 10 different school uncovered a disparity between the opinions of higher management, and the opinions of staff and students on whether sexist ...

A study which looked at 600 students in Northern Ireland aged 14 to 16 years, between 2012 and 2014, has found a link between video game use and poorer GCSE results. For children who used a portable gaming device less than once a week, 77 per cent of them achieved a minimum of five GCSEs […]

A group of New York prison inmates has defeated Harvard University’s debate team, who won the national and world championships earlier this year. The world’s top ranked team were beaten in the friendly competition by inmates from the Eastern New York Correctional Facility, which has ...

A survey suggests 53 per cent of teachers in England are thinking of quitting the profession in the next two years, due to concerns about workload and morale in the profession. This information comes from the National Union of Teachers (NUT), who conducted the survey, undertaken using a ...

There are 34 British universities in the 2015-2016 Times Higher Education rankings, which lists the top 200 institutions in the world. Oxford tops the pile of UK universities, reaching second place, with Cambridge in fourth place. Imperial College London also featured in the top 10, placing ...

Research suggests that students are losing an average of £240 a year because they do not know their rights, or are afraid to complain about charges by utility companies or landlords. In total this results in a loss of £335m a year for students, according to the Ombudsman Services, the consumer ...

Lucy Powell, the new shadow education secretary has warned about the effect that scrapping universal free meals for five to seven year olds on schools could have, following rumours the policy may be scrapped in George Osborne’s next spending review. In her first week at the job, working ...

A project which has been designed by Kerry Kennedy, an American human rights activist, will see English schools offered human rights lessons which look to address topics such as repression, slavery, religious freedom and political violence. The intention is for schools to discuss matters such ...

The school inspection team claim that young secondary school students are being failed by their schools, who prioritise resources towards GCSE and A level groups. Ofsted says students arrive from primary school eager to learn and confident on progressing strongly, but this progression is ...

A study by Cambridge University suggests an extra hour of exposure to the internet, television or a video game each day, during year 10, is linked to a drop in GCSE performance. The activities of 845 students from Suffolk and Cambridgeshire schools, aged 14 years old, had their activities ...

Researchers have reported that university drop-out rates fell after tuition fees were increased, suggesting the increased fees made students focus more on getting a good degree and being able to pay off their debts. The Lancaster University Management School produced the report, examining the ...

Researchers believe the impact of hay fever during exam season, on a student’s performance, could be detrimental enough to end up causing some to miss out on their university place. The Norwegian University of Science and Technology looked at the effect of sitting exams during a time when ...

The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2015 has once more classed Harvard University in the US as the top university in the world, with Cambridge and Oxford the UK’s sole representatives in the top ten. This is the 13th year in a row that Harvard has topped the ARWU, which ...

The proportion of top grades awarded this GCSE results day has dropped slightly, but there was a slight rise in passes. Overall the GCSE results are quite stable, with 69 per cent of grades awarded being A* to C, a 0.2 per cent rise compared to last year. However, there was a 0.1 per cent […]

Prime minister David Cameron has called for all schools in England to become academies, claiming they improve standards and give power to headteachers and teachers, and “not bureaucrats”. In June it was announced that up to 1,000 schools would become academies, including schools ...

A record number of students have been accepted onto university courses this year, although the proportion of top grades at A-level decreased very slightly compared to last year. According to the Ucas (Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) admissions service, 409,000 university places ...

There were a record number of sixth-form students carrying out dissertation-style projects over the last school year, it is thought, in attempts to boost their profile during university applications. An estimated 35,000 students are believed to have completed an Extended Project Qualification ...

Graduates in the UK in high-profile jobs are more likely to receive a higher salary if they went to a private school, compared to graduates who went to a state school. This is according to Sutton Trust and UpReach, who looked at information about those working in finance and law. Three years ...

Selective grammar schools make up eight of the ten top performing schools across England and Wales, according to research by the Trinity Mirror newspaper group. Data from 3,185 secondary schools in 15 different areas, who were all state-funded, was analysed by Trinity Mirror as part of its Real ...

TES has announced that colleges will still be required to offer language courses to thousands of learners who are unemployed, in spite of funding being cut by millions of pounds. The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) recently revealed that all funding for the Esol Plus Mandation courses (teaching ...

Dropout rates for teenagers at schools and colleges will be used to score local councils each year, on how well they deal with dropout rates. Information on the number of 16 to 19 years olds who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET), will be used to score councils on easy-to-read ...

The National Audit Office (NAO) has reported a “rapid decline” in the Further Education sector’s finances, with almost 50 per cent of colleges in deficit in 2013-14. The NAO said that from autumn 2013 to summer 2015, there were 22 colleges where the Further Education ...

Michael Gove has turned his attention to improving the education within prisons, which can help to provide prisoners with alternatives to re-offending when they are released back into society. Gove has suggested an “earned release” style system for those who work to further their ...

Research has found that paying for private schools may be a poor choice of investment for parents to make, judging by the overall financial welfare of their children. The £236,000 that a parent could expect to pay for private education may be better spent elsewhere, according to information ...

Students who come from families on lower incomes are set to lose out on university maintenance grants, after Chancellor George Osborne announced in his 2015 Budget that they are “unaffordable”, with plans for them to be replaced by loans. These new loans, which are targeted at ...

There have been calls from universities to increase the maximum amount which can be charged for tuition fees, allowing them to rise with inflation, in order to protect the value of the fees. This comes after University UK, representing leaders of universities, said that the value of the £9,000 ...

Jo Johnson, the universities minister, has announced that the current system for marking degrees is outdated and will be obsolete, replaced by a new 13-point system. This is because too many students are achieving 2:1s and firsts, and therefore employers are not receiving the information they ...

Research has indicated that almost two-thirds of those aged 16 years old do not know government funding is available for sixth-formers who need financial support. The survey asked more than 3,500 students in an attempt to discover how effective the government’s bursary funding has been so ...

The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has expressed his desire for all young people in London to have completed at least 100 hours of work experience or careers advice, by the time they reach the age of 16 years. A report is being launched by the mayor, looking into how important it is for young ...

According to a study carried out by ComRes, which asked the first university students who had to pay the higher tuition fees, four out of ten students do not think that their university course is good value for money. A total of 1,004 students, all in the final year of their course, were asked ...

Changes will be made to the GCSE grading system in England, beginning with exams which are taken in 2017, requiring students to achieve higher marks to receive a good pass. The changes will be introduced in September 2015 as teachers begin to teach a new style of English and Maths GCSEs. The ...

Unions that represent sixth form college teachers have agreed to participate in a series of talks to avoid striking. The National Union of Teachers (NUT), which has threatened to take industrial action on March 26th in protest to government policy changes, met with officials on Tuesday ...

A sixth form college in Hampshire has received a £55,000 tax rebate after it was ruled its in-house restaurant should be exempt from VAT. MJ’s at Brockenhurst College is open to the public and is run by students. It offers discounted meals throughout the week, such as a three-course ...

The government has been accused of underestimating the value of student loans that will never be paid back, according to a group of MPs. A report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) claimed there is currently £46 billion of outstanding student debt for the government to pay – and this ...

Recent successes at Dereham sixth form college have sparked a surge in new pupil admissions. However, such a rapid rise has prompted longer-term questions about funding as the site nears its capacity, according to EDP24. The college in Norfolk has completed its interview stage and will have 580 ...

Michael Gove’s latest spending cuts have apparently caused some colleges to scrap A-levels in subjects such as maths and languages. According to research from the Independent, leaders of the country’s sixth form colleges state they have lost more than £100 million in funding over ...

A specialist sixth form college in Wirral has formed a partnership with a Chinese university. The Sixth Form College in Birkenhead has signed a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ with Soochow University High School in Suzhou, eastern China, according to the Wirral Globe. Its principal ...

An £11 million investment for the Bournemouth and Poole college has been given the go-ahead. The plans will transform the North Road campus in Poole by creating a modern theatre for performing arts and a complex of classrooms for media studies, and health and medical sciences all within an ...

Hills Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge has been named as one of the best 30 state schools in the country. According to Tatler magazine, the college is among the “creme de la creme” of educational facilities in the country as it’s a “university in microcosm”. ...

Sixth form colleges’ hopes of obtaining a VAT refund have not materialised. According to the FE Week, Michael Gove has admitted that the funding was not available from the chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne. Currently, all the sixth form and further education colleges in England ...

New vocational qualifications, dubbed ‘Tech Levels’, have been announced. The qualifications, which are of equivalent standard to A-levels, are designed to ameliorate teenagers’ work skills. Tech Levels range from motorcycle maintenance to patisserie baking, and each ...

The first selective school in more than 40 years is being set up to help bright pupils from poorer backgrounds go to the best universities. Harris Westminster Sixth Form Academy, which will open in September 2014, will take 250 of the most gifted pupils in London, according to the Express. By ...

Stockton Sixth Form College has launched two new courses which start in January, as opposed to the traditional September start date. The two new courses are designed for students who have perhaps dropped out from their September-based course, and do not want to wait until the following ...

A sixth-form college principal has spoken out against the government regulations concerning independent further education establishments. David Adelman, principal of Godalming College in Surrey, told the Guardian that he was “angry” not only at government funding cuts but also that ...

Hills Road Sixth Form College has been named Sunday Times State Sixth Form College of the Year 2013. The college in Cambridge, which has 2,000 full-time students, was praised for its wide choice of A-levels and extra-curricular activities available. The Sunday Times used the number of students ...

Shrewsbury Sixth Form College has been awarded a ‘good’ rating in its recent Ofsted assessment. The college, which has over 1,500 students and campuses in both the town centre and also in the former Wakeman School at English Bridge, was inspected last month. Ofsted awarded it an ...

Inverness College is among the partners hoping to develop plans for a new science academy in the region. The Highlands are the only part of Scotland without such a facility at the moment and the local college is pushing for the project to be given the go-ahead along with the council and other ...

A college in the West Midlands has shown promise in turning things around after being labelled “inadequate” by Ofsted. Coventry City College has been making “reasonable progress” since its initial report, according to the education regulator. The original findings in ...

A new £13.5 million local college campus looks set to be built near Lincoln, at the city’s showground. Bishop Burton is looking for a new site to run courses from when its current lease at Riseholme runs out in just over six years’ time. The educational facility specialises in ...

A local college in Lancashire unveiled a memorial bench dedicated to a former student on Monday (October 14th). Preston-based Myerscough College revealed the dedicated area on its golf course to mark the first anniversary of Ange Roscoe’s death. The 26-year-old – who studied golf ...

Young people studying at Newmarket College have started a new pen pal scheme with members of the armed forces serving in Afghanistan. The students contacted a Newmarket College alumni now serving with 2 Tactical Provost Squadron in the country and are now sending him and his comrades letters ...

A trio of colleges in Hampshire have been awarded a share of £1.36 million in funding grants. Awarded by the Education Funding Agency, the money will be used to enable facilities of support to be extended to pupils aged between 16 and 24 who are classed as having learning difficulties or ...

The former head of Canterbury College has won a compensation package after winning a constructive dismissal hearing. Tribunal officials heard Helen Topliss, 51, regularly faced a hostile and intimidating atmosphere created by one of her employees – Keith Strong, according to Kent Online. ...

A young mum has been given an award by her college after taking an exam just two days after she gave birth. Zoe Roberts, 23, from Caernarfon in north Wales, completed her course at Coleg Menai, according to BBC News. Less than 48 hours after giving birth to her newborn son, Harvey Edwards, she ...

A college in Scunthorpe has unveiled a number of new upgrades that it hopes will bolster student numbers. John Leggott College revealed changes worth £5 million to the campus, including a beautiful new reception area, which bosses at the education institution hope will replicate the feel of a ...

The vice principal of Wiltshire College has left his post. This means that Robert Rees, who is understood to have been awarded a substantial pay-off to leave, is the fifth deputy in five years to have been ushered out of the educational establishment, according to the Wiltshire Gazette and ...

Officials at Wigan and Leigh College (W&LC) are celebrating recent survey results that show their students are among the most satisfied in the country. Some 90 per cent of pupils at the institution said they are happy with the provision of education at the establishment. In fact, these ...

Pupils at Priestley College in Warrington have been given the chance to test out facilities at two huge Russell Group universities thanks to new funding. A large grant from the Royal Society of Chemistry has allowed students from the north-west-based educational institution to visit a new ...

The need to address a lack of quality teaching in higher education facilities in the UK has pushed the government to provide grants to certain graduates. University leavers with a maths degree could be eligible for up to £20,000 if they choose to start mentoring students at colleges in the UK. ...

A college in Warrington has announced a partnership it hopes will get more students into Oxford or Cambridge university. Joe Brown, who is reading Law at Oxford and Vincent Lister, who is doing a degree at Cambridge, are giving tours around their campuses to pupils at Priestley College. Both Mr ...

Previous students at Bradford College are being urged to sponsor it so more money can be brought in to supplement an expansion. A state-of-the-art £50 million development is due to be finished next year, but the institute wants to supplement the project’s completion with a sponsorship ...

A college in south Wales has launched a scheme to encourage its students and staff to use more sustainable forms of transport – including cycling. Coleg Morgannwg said it wants its staff to use public transport, car sharing and biking to get into the facility and the programme has been ...

Construction work has begun on a new college in Liverpool. The Archbishop Beck Catholic Sports College (ABCSC) will cost £17 million and is part of the sixth wave of local government funding for schools in the city. Solar panels on the roof of the building will generate electricity for ...

It has been announced that the former head of Barnet College was paid off to the tune of £203,000 in 2011 when she left the job. While this kind of “golden parachute” is generally accepted as standard practice for outgoing executives – the institution has still not honoured a ...

A college in Portsmouth and its partners have beaten a number of international institutions to secure a contract to provide education at a women-only facility in Saudi Arabia. Highbury College joined with a group of other UK-based schools to form the NESCOT Consortium and aims to provide ...

Plans to build a £230 million military training centre on a former Royal Air Force (RAF) base have been submitted to a local council. The Defence College of Technical Training (DCTT) will offer courses to all three branches of the armed forces if it opens as planned and will create around 1,700 ...

Highbury College in Portsmouth is preparing students for entrepreneurial careers through a new programme. Under the scheme, the educational institution will join up with local businesses and national experts so students learn the value of opening a business and employing others, according to ...

The costs of building a Northern Irish police training college have continued to rise before construction has begun. Although builders have not started work on the empty lot, more than £11 million has already been spent on the new academy, which the government hopes will educate the ...

The principal of City College Coventry (CCC) is to leave after his college was rated “inadequate” in a report by inspectors from education watchdog Ofsted. Paul Taylor said he was “devastated” at the results and claimed that Ofsted had harmed the school’s ...

Knowsley Community College (KCC) has rapidly turned around its fortunes after receiving a poor Ofsted ranking last year. In March 2012, inspectors from the government’s education watchdog hit KCC with an ‘inadequate’ rating – the worst possible, after investigators ...

A new building designed for construction students at Myerscough College has been unveiled. The Marcus Worthington Construction Skills Centre has been erected as part of the learning institute’s £14 million improvement programme and will serve as a base for students to gain the relevant ...

Students at the University of Aberdeen will soon be able to relieve exam stress by playing with puppies. The institution’s Exam Welfare Initiative is joining forces with Guide Dogs For The Blind Association to open up a special puppy room on campus during the exam period – May 13th ...

Oxford University is set to make adjustments to its postgraduate admissions policy after settling a legal dispute with a student. Earlier this year, 26-year-old Damien Shannon successfully sued the institution for accepting applicants based on their wealth and received a public apology for ...

Medical students in their final year at Queen’s University in Northern Ireland are set to receive the results of a re-mark today (March 8th) after an exam body decided to rescind the results of a hospital placement test. Approximately 250 undergraduates at the university – as well ...

Indian students are being urged by David Cameron to study at UK universities ahead of his visit to the country. The prime minister is set to fly to India next week to encourage prospective undergraduates to apply for places at Britain’s institutions. Ministers have been criticised by ...

The number of poorer students applying for places at UK universities is increasing, despite a recent hike in tuition fees. According to the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas), one in five 18-year-olds from the most deprived parts of the country are hoping to begin a degree in ...

A third-place finish in an essay writing competition has ensured a student at Selby College has taken away a special prize. Jade Evans claimed a top three spot in the University of York’s Locating Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice in Youth Cultural Consciousness contest thanks to ...

People in the UK hoping to complete a degree need to make an informed choice when it comes to their student loan. This is according to Michelle Highman, chief executive officer at Credit Action, who urged would-be scholars to learn more about the details of student finance, such as interest ...

Young individuals applying for university places are at a disadvantage when it comes to creating their personal statements, as they do not have the same contacts to gain high-profile work experience placements. Research carried out by the Sutton Trust suggested pupils attending independent ...

Academic jobs are likely to be impacted by any future changes in student numbers, it has been suggested. Johnny Rich, editor of Push – an independent guide to universities and student finance – noted learning institutes have seen admissions tumble by 54,000 following hikes to ...

Many students in the UK are eager to start a business after they have completed their degree. This is according to a new survey conducted as part of StartUp Britain’s UK-wide campaign tour of colleges and universities, which found 63 per cent of scholars are hopeful of setting up their ...

Courses and the content of modules are the main considerations students take into account when deciding upon a university. This is according to new research jointly commissioned by the Sutton Trust and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills from UCAS, which found these to be the ...

The Student Award Agency for Scotland (SAAS) has announced that it will be extending the opening hours of its helpline service, due to the large number of people who have yet to receive their bursaries. Figures released earlier this week show that as many as 6,000 students are yet to receive ...

YouTube is the brand that students love the most, it has been revealed. The video website came top of a Youth 100 poll that also saw high placements for alcoholic drink Jagermeister, food retailer Greggs and condom maker Durex, the Daily Telegraph reports. It was found that 18 to 24-year-olds ...

A heavily organised student night out in Southampton has proven a big success. Thousands of scholars from the University of Southampton and Solent Southampton University hit the streets for Carnage Night, which saw them donning special T-shirts and making their way from pub to pub through the ...

The majority of the UK’s students get their first taste of domesticity during their time at university. This is the suggestion of new research from Endsleigh, which revealed 61 per cent of scholars admitted to cooking their first meal after leaving the family home to complete their ...

Students in the UK heading to university this month are likely to take valuable possessions along with them. This is the suggestion of new research from Gocompare – carried out by Vision Critical – which found the typical scholar will have belongings worth £1,748 during term time. ...

A further four universities have signed up to a student finance scheme offered by Lloyds Banking Group. The financial institute announced the Universities of Edinburgh, Oxford and Warwick, as well as University College London, have agreed to join the Lloyds Scholars programme. As part of the ...

Young university goers in the UK are entertaining the notion of moving overseas to gain qualifications due to student finance issues. This is the suggestion of Anthony Seldon, headmaster of Wellington College in Berkshire, who noted people are heading to learning institutes in the US because ...

Nick Clegg is to propose new student finance help in the form of a premium aimed at young people on free school meals making their way into higher education. The deputy prime minister would like to see the move – which is likely to be worth around £2,500 a year – introduced in a bid ...

The University of Exeter has offered student finance advice to youngsters from Newton Abbot College. Year eight pupils at the learning institute were invited along to a special training day teaching them how to handle living away from parents when heading into higher education, the Herald ...

An extra allocation of university places should help to boost student finance by offering greater value for money for scholars. The Department for Business Innovation and Skills has announced 5,000 additional spaces will be created through a competitive core and margin to universities and ...

People in the UK worried about the prospect of paying back their student loan appear to be in good company. This is because president of the US Barack Obama, speaking on his campaign trail, has revealed him and his wife Michelle took a long time to settle what they owe. It seems the Democrat ...

A college in the north-east of England is offering student finance assistance in order to help pupils fund their attendance costs. Newcastle-under-Lyme College (NULC) is providing a range of support options, including allowances, bursaries and scholarships, This is Staffordshire reports. In ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in the US has launched a new online tool designed to help scholars calculate their student loan repayments. In addition, the system, which considers two-year and four-year degree courses with a repayment period lasting ten years, will enable ...

University goers throughout the UK who spent big last Christmas may find their student finances are still suffering as a result. New research from Halifax has shown that many people have yet to finish paying for their expenditure over the festive period. And students might be particularly ...

University goers from poorer backgrounds may be less likely than their more affluent peers to understand the changes being introduced to the student finance system, it has been claimed. Johnny Rich, editor of Push.co.uk – a guide that offers advice on all things related to higher ...

An increasing number of people heading into higher education are setting up their own businesses in a bid to supplement the money they receive through their student loan, it has been suggested. The Guardian reports that many young people are looking to become entrepreneurs to ease their student ...

A university goer has been denied access to student finance because he was deemed not English enough. Larry Parkes was told he will not be given a grant to stay in higher education due to his nationality – despite being born and raised in Stoke-on-Trent, the Sentinel reports. The ...

A number of university goers have set up a jobs website aimed at easing student finance fears by helping them find employment. Thestudentjob.com was started by business student Jack Tang because he felt not enough was being done to help people pay for the escalation in tuition fees, Metro ...

A university goer has won an award for developing a phone app that could help people gain better control over their student finances. Glenn Sayer – who studies at the University of Ulster’s Magee campus – came up with the Budget Wise product that has gone on to earn him the ...

University goers in the south-east of England beginning their studies this year are planning their student finances well in advance, new research has shown. Carried out by Student Finance England – which used to be Student Finance Direct – the study revealed undergraduates are ...

Older people considering heading to university need to be better informed about student loans and the opportunities available to them. This is the opinion of Professor Les Ebdon, chair of million+, a company that represents a number of the UK’s newest universities, who suggested ...

University goers in York have been warned about their student finance position after new research found budgets in the region are under considerable pressure. Carried out by the Consumer Credit Counselling Service, the study highlighted undergraduates as being particularly vulnerable to ...

Many graduates in the UK may be forced to remain at home because of the financial commitments involved with student loan repayments. Judy Reith, parenting coach and author at Parentingpeople.co.uk, has noted high rents and poor starting salaries are also limiting the likelihood that those fresh ...

The Office of Fair Access has revealed that 25 English universities and colleges have had revised access agreements approved, which could be good for those worried about student finance. Measures include an increase of £37.4m in fee waivers, while collectively university goers will pay £16.3m ...

It appears many undergraduates struggling to keep on top of their student finances are turning to other jobs in order to improve their monetary situation. The Daily Mail reports that a number of female university goers are becoming Avon ladies in an effort to supplement their student loan . It ...

The number of UK-born university hopefuls applying to learning institutes across the nation has dipped because of fears regarding how hikes in tuition fees will affect their student finance, new figures have suggested. Published by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas), the ...

Changes to the allowances scheme will result in more postgraduates being eligible for student loan support to put towards their tuition fees . The Scottish government has revealed more than 2,000 extra university goers will be able to benefit from the assistance, adding to the 2,700 who qualify ...

Student loans are just one topic that will be covered as part of a scheme being run by teenagers in the capital. Youngsters across London are taking part in Global Enterprise Week by setting up their own bank at Walthamstow School for Girls and Forest Gate Community School, the Press ...

University goers are paying a high price when it comes to making enquiries about their student finance, new research has found. According to This is Money, scholars are spending a combined £324,872 a year on telephone calls to the Student Loans Company (SLC). The portal noted the firm does not ...

Many youngsters are put off applying for university because they are worried about student finance. This is the warning of consumer campaigner Martin Lewis of MoneySavingExpert.com, who spoke as part of an initiative being run by numerous universities, schools and colleges. Establishments such ...

Most university goers will not be required to fully pay off their student loans, it has been claimed. Johnny Rich, editor of Push.co.uk – an independent guide to UK universities and related subjects such as student finance and gap years – explained this debt is dispensed with after ...

Student loans should be spent sensibly, with university goers keeping to workable budgets, it has been suggested. Paul Lewis, vice president of Credit Confidential, noted it is essential undergraduates establish good spending habits while in higher education. The industry figure said it is ...

Securing finance in the form of a student loan could be one way in which university goers ensure they are always able to pay the rent. And it appears an inability to settle such costs is a widespread problem at present, with the National Debtline – which is run by the Money Advice Trust ...

Student loans may be required by an increasing number of university goers as a result of parents failing to adequately save cash to contribute to their children’s tuition fees. New research from M&S Money has revealed 52 per cent of mothers and fathers are not placing cash aside in ...

One of the main areas of student finance is that of insurance – and those about to head off to university have been warned they need to do their homework when it comes to the finer details of such cover. Gocompare.com has urged those in higher education to study the small print of their ...

Those worried about student finances might be wise to protect their belongings while at university or college. New figures from Nationwide show that while two-fifths of young people take more than £500 worth of items with them to university, most are more concerned with making friends and ...

Those worried about student finances might be wise to protect their belongings while at university or college. New figures from Nationwide show that while two-fifths of young people take more than £500 worth of items with them to university, most are more concerned with making friends and ...

Student living costs are on the rise and threaten to inflate the average student loan balance, new research shows. According to data analysis by children’s saving provider Family Investments, the monthly cost of being a student has risen by £42.56 over the last 12 months from £752 to ...

Those looking for ways to look after their student finances should consider living with parents throughout the course, rather than using university or private rented accommodation. As well as saving cash, the move could also help students’ parents if they are on an offset mortgage, First ...

Those researching student finance might be interested to learn that the Student Loans Company (SLC) has joined CIFAS – the UK’s fraud prevention service. With the SLC providing grants and credit to more than one million students each year and dealing with repayments from more than ...

Young people planning their student finance ahead of the academic year might be interested in the latest comments from CashQuestions.com. The online resources suggested that living away from home but relying on parents’ insurance might be a false economy. Director Annie Shaw explained ...

Halifax has announced that it is to offer a generous student finance package to those heading to university for the 2011/12 academic year. The deal will see student account holders offered interest-free overdrafts of up to £3,000, which the lender claims is a market-leading facility. New and ...

Those studying law are to be given a new student finance option in the form of a five-year fixed-rate loan for course fees and living expenses. The offering from BPP and Investec was created in response to feedback on barriers to studying the discipline. Funding was found to be the biggest ...

Those at university or college who are worried whether their student finance will be enough to see them through to the end of their course might be wise to listen to Informed Choice. According to the financial planning advisors, Brits should be looking to reduce their spending to bring it in ...

The news that a new exclusive private university is set to open in London could be the catalyst for a number of similar facilities being set up in the UK, it has been claimed. A new privately-owned institution in the capital is set to charge £18,000 per year for the privilege of studying there. ...

Britain’s colleges and universities should be doing more to tackle Islamist extremism, it has been claimed. According to home secretary Theresa May, education providers have become complacent regarding the issue and need to up their game. Speaking to the Daily Telegraph ahead of the ...

The number of people applying for places at UK universities was up by 1.4 per cent this year, new figures reveal. According to data from Ucas, there was a total of 647,008 applications made this year, up by 9,235 from 2010. Applications from UK-based students were up 0.8 per cent to 550,147, ...

A larger number of businesses will pay students’ university tuition fees under higher education sector reforms, it has been claimed. Under changes to the way student fees are charged, many students will face charges of £9,000 a year for a university education. But professor Michael Arthur, vice ...